Walt Disney Animation Studios

Walt Disney Animation

StudiosMark and Stephen Lukridge

The Studio• Burbank, CA

• 54 projects

• Ed Catmull (President)

• John Lasseter (CCO)

• Rededication to Roy. E Disney

• Original Building: Corporate

• Satellite Studios in Paris and Orlando

• Artists participate in classes, seminars, and demonstrations regularly

Collaborations• Walt Disney Creative Entertainment

& WDI• MK: Stitch’s Great Escape!,

Mickey’s PhilarMagic, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

• DHS: The Magic of Disney Animation, Fantasmic!

• Epcot: Gran Fiesta Tour Starring The Three Caballeros, Frozen Ever After

• California Adventure: World of Color

• Disneyland Paris: Disney Dreams!

Studio History• 1923: Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio• Alice Comedies• Oswald => Mickey Mouse• 1928: Steamboat Willie employs sound• 1929: DBCS becomes Walt Disney Productions• 1932: Flowers and Trees employs color• 1934: feature production begins• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

• Animation Union Strike and WWII• 1950: Xerography

Studio History• 1966: Walt’s Death (Jungle Book and Aristocats)• The “Nine Old Men”• Irony of Lasseter and Burton• 80’s: takeover attempts => Roy E. Disney becomes Chairman• 1983: Walt Disney Pictures is born (live-action features; Ron

Miller)• Black Cauldron – “rock bottom” ($44 million v $21 million)• 1986: WD Productions becomes TWDC• Animation division becomes Walt Disney Feature Animation

The 90’s “Renaissance Era”• Broadway-like animation• More drama, flavor• Music • The Little Mermaid, The Rescuers Down Under, Aladdin,

Fantasia 2000, Hercules, Pocahantas, Mulan, Tarzan

• The Lion King (1994)

In Recent Years

• Decline• CGI • 2006: Disney purchases Pixar ($7.4 billion); WDFA becomes…• Walt Disney Animation Studios & Pixar Animation Studios• P&F (2009), Tangled (2010), Wreck-it Ralph (2012), Frozen

(2013), & Big Hero 6 (2014)

• Zootopia & Moana (2016)

3 Pillars for WDAS

• Creativity/Innovation: character personality, storytelling, creative eye, audience attraction and love for characters as a gateway for revenue (Studio Entertainement may just be largest avenue for profit for the company thanks to characters and movies)

• Globalization: Marvel, ESPN, abc Television Group, Pixar, LuasFilm; diversity & inclusion for species, habitats, cultures, and time frames that reach across the world and gain a global sense of admiration from every age

• Technology: groundbreaking timeline, epitomizing, evolving animation technology – sound, color, xerography, CGI, Hyperion Rendering, Open Source Software, and so much more!

Let’s Not Forget!• Disney’s Art of Animation Resort (WDW’s most

recent resort debut and featuring 4 famous animated feature films) as a tribute to Walt Disney Animation

• Layout and story of resort• “DAAR”lings

DreamWorks Animation, SKG

• Glendale, CA• 31 animated feature films• Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek, Madagascar, Bee Movie, Kung

Fu Panda, HTTYD, Monsters vs. Aliens, Home

• Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg (after resigning from TWDC in 1994), and David Geffen (SKG)

• 1995: Co-Production deal with Pacific Data Images (PDI), creating CGI feature films beginning with Antz in 1998

• 2006: Distribution agreement with Paramount Pictures

3 Pillars for DreamWorks • Creativity: artists, stroytellers, and animators

from Disney, Aardman Animations (Chicken Run, W&G, and stop-motion), and Amblimation• All 3 forms of animation covered

3 Pillars for DreamWorks• Technology: Stereostopic 3D projection

technology; these films began in March of 2009 with Monsters vs. Aliens• A More realistic 3D experience with Intel processors

• The Apollo Platform• PrEMO, Torch, and other helpful tools for instant

processing power• Powerful, almost magical software tools that allow

animators to be more creative, efficient, and detailed

3 Pillars for DreamWorks • Expansion/Globalization: ongoing partnership with Hewlett-Packard,

Intel, 20th Century Fox, and Netflix (300+ hours of content)• Acquisition of Classic Media, Oriental DreamWorks, Trolls franchise, TV

library of Chapman Entertainment, Felix the Cat

• Expanded production pipeline into Bangalore, India with Technicolor• DreamWorks Animation Television

• The DreamWorks Channel• Youtube channel AwesomenessTV

• DreamWorks Press• Purchased the distribution rights from Paramount to the entire pre-2013

library

• The DreamWorks Experience• Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies To Work For

What’s next in store for Animation?

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